"Live" from Columbus Lucas Oil race

[blkjack]

Too much indecision on the committee's part. This race should have been rescheduled at noon today instead of letting us hang in the heat till 5:15 PM.

[Mike Fuller]

Joe, this is the second year in a row that these kinds of conditions were an obstacle to running this event. Why would it be a problem to schedule this event the week before the Sportsnational? Jay is just a hard head and has no concept of the word customer. At this time of year most people do not want to be at a hot,humid dragstrip. Don't you think that there would be a much larger turn out for the divisional just before the sports than in July? Besides that he is taking the chance of causing a heat related injury or death. It is not worth the risk.

As Ed Wright points out, there are no races in division 4, or 2 for that matter during this time and it is often just as hot here as it is in those area's this time of year. Good example is the fact that Detrioit had the highest heat index in the nation on Thursday.

[Michael Beard]

I was at Pacemakers, just up the road in Mount Vernon, OH. Had 4,600' DA and a vapor pressure of .92!?! Brutal hot, humid, and slower than Bristol, with those nasty storms coming through in the evenings, but we got all three races in, plus a couple gamblers/shootout races. Hung in there for a semi-final on Sunday, paid for the trip, and made it back to NC about 2:30am. Best part of the weekend was seeing my wife (she's been in Columbus since April with her new job. Still trying to sell our house in NC so I can move up north and see her more than once a month!)

[Greg Hill]

Originally Posted by Kevin Zaskowski

Mike,
You didn't show up because it was too hot. Well, they were giving out free bottles of water in the staging lanes for the well being of the racer. Do you get that anywhere else? Weather is part of racing, whether it's good or bad, you deal with it, just like most other sports. Jay dosn't read the bullsh*t on this forum. If the weather was 60 degrees, 5% humidity, barometer of 35.00, and a DA of -550 ft., people would bi*ch about the AHFS.... oh wait, they do anyway. See ya at Stanton if it isn't too hot.

Kevin, Mike wasn't the only one that didn't come this weekend and I would say the weather was the big reason. Andrew and myself, Tommy Mattingly, Carlton Sweasy, Dave Walther, Chuck Bellanger, Ben Wenzel, Larry Hill, are just a few. My guess is that we would of had 80 or 90 cars in stock if it was the weekend before the Sports national race. Every one has choices and when a lot of us see the weather forecast of 110-115 heat indexes we decide to stay home.

[Mike Fuller]

Kevin, the heat was not my only concern. This track has a reputation for weeping and very heavy dew that moves in very quickly. I have seen NHRA run cars down this track during these conditions. At one of the last regular national events they got behind the sportsman posted schedule because of rain and tried to catch up after the sun went down. They crashed four comp eliminator cars before they decided it was unsafe and told us to come back bright and early the next morning. If you think this is not true ask some of the comp guys when you get to Stanton this weekend. You as a customer are being ***** on. And they don't care because people keep showing up when rational thinking would avoid these types of situations.

[Greg Hill]

Originally Posted by Salty Dog

Ben Wenzel broke his car at Norwalk, did he tell you he did not show up because of the heat? He chases for division points every year, hard to believe he would stay home to stay cool.

Ben has a spare motor he carries in his trailer. I haven't talked to him but I think he could have been there if he wanted to.

[vic guilmino]

i have a new rule
if its calling for 90+ i stay home
but all rules are made tobe broken
after the heart op i can't take the heat

[Greg Hill]

Originally Posted by Salty Dog

So your statements are not even valid. I could name off 50 people who weren't there, but I didn't talk to them, otherwise there could have been a full field in stock and superstock.

Who's going to show up to Stanton, it's going to be 88 degrees?

WTF are you? Why is this your business? I don't believe you are a d3 racer or even any kind of racer.

[Ed Fernandez]

Originally Posted by Greg Hill

WTF are you? Why is this your business? I don't believe you are a d3 racer or even any kind of racer.

Greg,I found a pic of him and his "mate".

[Ed Wright]

Good one Ed. :-)